Abel Tasman: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Abel Janszoon Tasman
Born 1603? • Netherlands
Died Before October 22, 1659?

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Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
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Anthony van Diemen
Dutch colonial administrator
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Willem Schouten
Dutch explorer
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Jacob van Heemskerck
Dutch naval commander and merchant
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Martin E. Johnson
American adventurer and photographer
Eendracht
Dirck Hartog
Dutch merchant captain and explorer
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Dirk van Hogendorp
Dutch statesman
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Joan Maetsuyker
Dutch statesman
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Cornelis Janszoon Speelman
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Barents, Willem
Willem Barents
Dutch navigator
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Jan Huyghen van Linschoten
Dutch explorer and propagandist
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Antoine-Thomson d’Abbadie
French geographer
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Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie
French geographer
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Thomas Walker
American physician
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Luis Vaez de Torres
Spanish navigator
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Robert Campbell
Canadian trader and explorer
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Lady Hester Stanhope
British noble
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John McDouall Stuart
Australian explorer